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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: wildwood on June 22, 2009, 01:21:58 PM

Title: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: wildwood on June 22, 2009, 01:21:58 PM

Should know better shouldn't I ..... I do the cross over steering and get rid of the damper and it's fine...... then things wear and I get the wobbles.... and this time  its the shackle chassis eye bush that's toast so replace that and it's all back to normal... great......
then on the way to Clyro I get the mother of all jouncey death wobbles going down a steep hill on the over run and hitting the corrugations in the gutter and the left wheel is doing the pogo...... brakes on have a look and proceed to Clyro.... great weekend and spank the truck up the waterfall..... see vid... thanks, great weekend all.
Get home with no probs but can feel that any ruts could bring on the problem..... you know don't you,... you can just feel it thro your butt your feet and hands.
Anyway I was looking at the front again last Tues and noticed a tiny gap between the spring and axle... where the U-bolts clamp it all together.....
Yep thats right I had loosened the inverted U-bolts that I run and they were only torqued to about 10lbs per side. Just been out today with a trailer on and problem solved

Maybe just maybe this could be of use to someone!

Title: Re: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: doublej on June 23, 2009, 03:52:59 PM

glad to see you fixed it mate, but ya know if you put some real parts in there other than the old leafs you wouldnt have this problems to start with  :003:

Title: Re: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: wildwood on June 23, 2009, 06:29:06 PM

Mnnn. I just need to learn the black art of metal glueing and then absorb by osmosis the workings of autocad.....
so by the end of summer then :jpshakehead:

Title: Re: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: doublej on June 23, 2009, 08:37:25 PM

man - honestly???? get to the garage and ill show you how to glue metal and i have TONS of scrap for you to play with.

Title: Re: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: wildwood on June 23, 2009, 08:55:41 PM

Sounds like deals could be done......... :icon_super:

Title: Re: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: Dave69 on June 23, 2009, 09:32:05 PM

if it's anything like his latest project it might be expensive and an might be a bit more than a bolt on

Title: Re: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: doublej on June 24, 2009, 04:57:41 PM

Quote from: Dave69 on June 23, 2009, 09:32:05 PM

if it's anything like his latest project it might be expensive and an might be a bit more than a bolt on

Quote from: wildwood on June 23, 2009, 06:29:06 PM

Mnnn. I just need to learn the black art of metal glueing

metal glueing isnt bolt on boss lol

Title: Re: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: king cj on June 24, 2009, 08:53:05 PM

bolt on is very expensive, you got to buy the part then get some bloke to fit it :-*

Title: Re: DEATH WOBBLE
Post by: Asylum on June 24, 2009, 10:35:43 PM

Then modify it because it dont do what it said it would!!!